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One of the wounding experiences which can result from social and societal devaluation is that of deathmaking, a term coined by Dr. Wolfensberger to describe actions that hasten the death of societally devalued people (cf. Wolfensberger, SRV monograph, 2013 , pp. 35-36, 41; and The New Genocide of Handicapped and Afflicted People). A 5 April […]

We just added a PDF of 2 articles to the SRVIP website, one by Ray Lemay entitled ‘Social Role Valorization versus drug therapies’ and a second by Wolf Wolfensberger entitled ‘Reply to Levitas, McCandleless, Elenewski and Sobel.’ Below is an abstract of the Wolfensberger article: In an article in the February 1994 issue of Mental […]

From the UK, a recent blog post which mentions Dr. Wolfensberger, deathmaking and devalued roles. Apparently, the blog writer is concerned about deathmaking in relation to people in the UK with chronic fatigue syndrome. I’m not sure what to make of this connection but it is interesting that the blog writer uses Wolfensberger’s framework to […]